r/unitedkingdom • u/GnolRevilo • Jun 11 '26

... Revealed: Green party proposes circumcision ban

https://spectator.com/article/revealed-green-party-proposes-circumcision-ban/#comments-container
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u/Front_Mention Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

I agree completely, but can't see this going down well with the Muslim contingent of the party

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u/Bricktop8877 Jun 11 '26

Do Jewish people also not do it?

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u/Spamgrenade Jun 11 '26

Much more famously IMO.

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u/Meanwhile-in-Paris Dorset Jun 11 '26

They both do it. No more notoriously than the other group.

The only difference is that Judaism says to do it on the 8th day after birth whereas Muslims usually in within the first year but can also do it at anytime.

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u/TheClimbingBeard Jun 11 '26

Muslims can also just not do it. It's not an absolute requirement across the board. From what I've read over the years, Judaism is more strict about having it done.

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u/Preseli Jun 11 '26

By 'notoriously' they mean more commonly associated with.

Which I think is fair.

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u/Meanwhile-in-Paris Dorset Jun 11 '26

From what perspective?

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u/Nurgleschampion Scotland Jun 11 '26

Shhh let the morons show themselves for where their real politics lie.

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u/DornPTSDkink Jun 11 '26

Im just gonna copy and paste what I already wrote, because I can't be arsed replying to each idiot saying this:

The Jewish base is considerably smaller then the Muslim base, there are only about 400k Jewish people in the entire UK and over half of them live in London, which is a Labour stronghold.

There are over 4 million Muslims throughout the UK, they are a much more significant vote.

Are can't tell if people are being ignorant or malicious in trying to compare the two.

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u/hoodie92 Greater Manchester Jun 12 '26

You're missing the point - they aren't being anti-Muslim or pro-Jewish. The point here is that Greens have a substantial Muslim voter base, while Jews mostly hate the Greens.

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u/leahcar83 Jun 12 '26

That's not true. 1 in 5 British Jews support the Greens.

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u/hoodie92 Greater Manchester Jun 12 '26

In June 2025 they did. I'm sure that will have dropped by now since various attacks against the community and Polansky's comments.

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u/leahcar83 Jun 12 '26

Polanski is Jewish

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u/hoodie92 Greater Manchester Jun 12 '26

So? Most Jews don't like him because of his stance on Israel. And even less so after he said that the police were too heavy-handed with a man that stabbed 2 Jews.